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According to the NitipmMUkd Brahma, Eudra, Subrah- 

 manya, Indra, Manu, Brhaspati, Sukra, Bharadvaja, Gaura- 

 siras and Vyasa were authors of works on polity. Brahma's 

 Dandaniti contained 100,000 chapters, that of Eudra 50,000, 

 that of Subrahmanya 25,000, that of Indra 12,000, that of 

 Manu 6,000, that of Brhaspati 3,000, that of Sukra 1,000, 

 that of Bharadvaja 700, that of Gaurasiras 500, and that of 

 Vedavyasa 300 chapters. 08 



In the second Sloka of the Sukraniti we read that Brahma's 

 work consisted of ten millions of double verses, which would 

 give to each chapter an average length of 100 Slokas. 69 



Just as the Manavadharmasastra does not contain as 

 many verses, as are said to have been originally in it, so also 

 is the Sukraniti we actually possess by no means as long as is 

 indicated in the Mahabharata. In fact at the end of the 4th 

 section the Sukraniti is declared to be only 2,200 Slokas 



68 See Nitiprakasika, I, 21-28. 



21. Brahma mahesvarah skandascendrapracetaso manuh 

 brhaspatisca sukrasca bharadvajo mahatapah ; 



22. Vedavyasasca bhagavan tatha gaurasira munih 

 ete hi rajasastranam pranetarah parantapah. 



23. Lak6adhyayan jagau brahma rajasastre mahamatih 

 paucasat ca sahasrani rudrah sanksipya cabravlt. 



24. Pancavimsat sahasrani skandas sanksipya cavadat 

 dasadhyayasahasrani dvisahasre ca vasavah. 



25. Pracetasamanuscapi satsahasranyathabravlt 

 trlnyadhyayasahasrani brhaspatiruvaca ha. 



26. Kavyastu tat samalodya cakre'dhyayasahasrakam 

 saptadhyayasatam sastram Bharadvajastathabhanat. 



27. Munirgaurasirascapi pahcadhyayasatam jagau 

 vedavyasastu bhagavan tat sanksipya mahamatih 



28. Satatrayadhyayavatlm nltim cakre mahamate 

 sanksiptam ayurvijnaya martyanam buddhidoeatah. 



159 See Sukraniti, I, 2-4. 



2. Purvadevairyathanyayam nltisaram uvaca tan 

 satalaksaslokamitam nitisastram athoktavan. 



3. Svayambhur bhagavan iokahitartham sahgi*ahena vai 

 tatsaram tu Vasisthadyairasmabhirvrddhihetave. 



4» Alpayubhubhrtadyartham sanksiptam tarkavistrtam. 



